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What got you started into watching fansubs?

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keepergirl:
I just went through a whole bunch of my old CD-Rs with shows I'd downloaded when I first got into anime.  It turns out I also watched BakaMX's Gravitation, as well as their Fruits Basket subs. 
At the point when I was watching that stuff though, I really had no idea what a fansub was.  I just knew that if I looked up a title on Kazaa Lite, I could download it. :P  Most of the shows I was downloading at that point turned out to be crappy quality DVD-rips, and I usually only downloaded one or two episodes to decide whether I wanted to buy the DVD.  (I laugh now when I see the file size is 50 MB and the show is an .asf file.)
As hard as I try, I can't really remember when I first really understood fansubbing.  I think it was about 2 years ago, when I somehow found Animesuki.  It might have been when I was in love with Gundam SEED, and SEED Destiny was airing in Japan.

Sapphi:
hm, old topic but no matter.  -^_^-
my first experience with fansubs happened, i believe, when i was just getting into manga.  Tokyo Mew Mew was the first manga series i ever really got into (i can't believe i spent money on that when i could've been buying something way cooler, haha) and when they started airing the crappily-dubbed Mew Mew Power (ha) on TV, i think i was inspired to go find the original show on the internet so that i could actually see the same story that i was reading!  anyway, one thing led to another, and i moved from stuff like TMM and Full Moon wo Sagashite (when it was still unlicensed) to older (and better, IMHO) shows like the early Matsumoto stuff (thanks to you wonderful people!)  and Ginga Nagareboshi Gin.  i love fansubs of older, classic shows... sure beats watching dubbed Naruto on CN.  ^_^

Selenity:
I'm a long time Sailor Moon fan, but I didn't really know fansubs existed until spotting Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon on Ebay. I figured out I could download it for free online, which led me to AnimeSuki. This led me to discovering the Sailor Moon musicals, which eventually led me to Live-eviL.

BlackChair:
For me it was pretty simple.  In 1991 once you'd watched Bubblegum Crisis, you had watched all of the available commercial releases.  ;D

Okay, so that's a slight exaggeration, but it's basically true.  Saw BGC, watched the crappy Arctic Animation (you think speed subbers nowadays are bad?  at least they're fast) nth generation VHS sub of Orange Road, and wanted more.  "More" was at the university anime club, where they showed subtitled stuff as often as they could get it.

tenkenX6:
Hmm.....about 7 years ago(I think), a friend introduced me to fansubs via bit torrent. At that time I wasn't really into the whole fansub stuff. However, I decided to give it a try, since I love anime. I ended up liking them, regardless of the translation quality(OK, well, maybe sometimes. But I can understand everything being said, so subtitles aren't necessary.), because it was a fast and easy way to get my anime fix, other than buying/renting anime. All this stuff is so nostalgic.....  :D

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